Another name for yeast infection of the mouth is thrush. It can affect everyone at some point in their life. Oral yeast infections occur when there is an excessive amount of yeast in the mouth. The result can range from a filmy coating on the tongue, gums or palate – or painful sores, blisters and lesions inside the oral cavity. ...

We are fortunate that in addition to conventional medicine, there are natural methods such as homeopathy, herbs and nutrition that we can use in response to infections from tick bites. If you find an embedded tick, after proper removal, wash the area with antiseptic and then use an herbal drawing salve or Ichthymol to try to draw out any bacteria ...

Pollution is rampant around the world, and people and governments are still squabbling over. When the Kyoto Protocol was signed by various nations in the year 1997, industrialized and developed nations had promised to take steps to reduce greenhouse emissions substantially by the year 2012. However, reduction of greenhouses gases has not reduced the way the nations envisaged. For decades ...

No matter how healthy your diet may be, you might have to change it a little while you are pregnant. Some foods you may want to eliminate altogether, while others, you will want to increase in your daily menu. In our modern research, we try to figure out more about health, food, and nutrition during pregnancy. In order to do ...

Alternative medicine is any healing practice, treatment, or therapy that is not accepted by conventional medicine. Another way to define alternative medicine is that it is a treatment that has not been clinically to be effective. And alternative medicine is controversial. Richard Dawkins put is best: “There is no alternative medicine. There is medicine that works, and medicine that doesn’t ...

Big, explosive eruptions can send huge quantities of gas and fine debris into the atmosphere. The bigger ones have sent debris high into the stratosphere where it spreads around the globe and might remain for months or even years. The debris has the ability to filter out a portion of the sun’s energy and to lower the earth’s temperature. The ...

Have you ever taken a moment just to consider the importance of eyesight and the effects it can cause once it is lost? I know that the majority of us take life for granted and never consider the possibilities of what it would be like if our eyesight was compromised. I recently did some research and learned some very interesting ...

Is it possible the family dog will also be a risk to the household when it comes to the spreading disease? Is it likely that a dog will pass on germs to humans? There are several diseases that can be transferred from dogs to humans, these are known as zoonotic diseases (can be transmitted from animals to humans). Not all ...

Stress relief is of utmost importance in today’s society where we are constantly busy as a way of living and might not take enough time to restore our energies. Drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, as well as recreational drugs such as cocaine, speed, ecstasy and tranquilizers have become default stress relievers. The following article will explain why those choices are ...

When most of us think of wellness, we automatically think of physical health. We try to maintain a healthy body and hope that will ward off serious illness in the future. However, while physical health is crucial to good health, wellness has many dimensions beyond the physical. In fact, many experts believe there are 6 dimensions of wellness. 1. Emotional ...